"Dangerous" fugitive fights police for Taser

Police have arrested a dangerous fugitive, according to county jail and state prison records.

By Lori SteineckRepository staff writer

CANTON When officers found a wanted homeless parolee hiding in a vacant building, he threw the door at them and tried to run away before they struck him with a Taser.

Police say Michael K. Blackmon continued to struggle, using both hands to try to take the weapon away from an officer.

Officers initially found Blackmon, 35, who has no permanent address, hiding in a vacant building, Stark County Jail records show. The jail records noted a broken padlock hinge was hanging beside the front door.

When they found him, Blackmon reportedly shoved officers aside in his effort to escape.

Police responded with a Taser.

"When he was Tased, he was still struggling," said Sgt. Gary Cochran of the Canton Police Department.

He grabbed at the Taser with both hands, trying to get the weapon off of the officer who'd fired it, according to jail records.

The struggle continued, but the officers were able to get handcuffs on Blackmon.

During the struggle to cuff him, however, one officer suffered a fractured finger, the jail records show.

Blackmon, who has no permanent address, was taken to an area hospital and then on to jail.

He was booked into the jail on charges of felony assault, resisting arrest, obstructing official business and criminal aggravated trespassing, and on warrants charging him with robbery, breaking and entering, a probation violation and two counts of theft. He was also held for another law enforcement agency on an unspecified charge.

Blackmon has been labeled a violator-at-large by the Ohio prison system.

He is on parole, having been released from prison in September after serving time for felony assault, breaking and entering, resisting arrest and criminal tools possession, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction records.